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  1. 5 years ago today, #LloydPrice, American R&B singer ("Lawdy Miss Clawdy"; "Stagger Lee"; "Personality"), died at 88.
    #RIP 🕊️

  2. "Donna" is a song written by #RitchieValens, featuring the '50s progression. The song was released in 1958 on #DelFiRecords. Written as a tribute to his high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig, it was Valens' highest-charting single, reaching No. 2 on the #BillboardHot100 chart the following year. ("#StaggerLee" by #LloydPrice was at number one.)
    youtube.com/watch?v=0iJCAcKIwdI

  3. "Donna" is a song written by #RitchieValens, featuring the '50s progression. The song was released in 1958 on #DelFiRecords. Written as a tribute to his high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig, it was Valens' highest-charting single, reaching No. 2 on the #BillboardHot100 chart the following year. ("#StaggerLee" by #LloydPrice was at number one.)
    youtube.com/watch?v=HMcHbh6HBDk

  4. On March 9th, 1933: #LloydPrice, American R&B singer ("Lawdy Miss Clawdy"; "Stagger Lee"; "Personality"), born in Kenner, Louisiana (d. 2021).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 🕊️🤍

  5. "Personality" is a 1959 song with #music and #lyrics by Harold Logan and #LloydPrice. It was released as a single by Price, and became one of Lloyd Price's most popular crossover hits. The single reached number 2 for three weeks on the #BillboardHot100, kept from the number 1 spot by "#TheBattleOfNewOrleans" by #JohnnyHorton. The song was also a number 1 #US #RAndB hit, maintaining the top spot for four weeks. Billboard ranked it as the #number3SongFor1959.
    youtube.com/watch?v=R0F_m29XwYs